Tag Archives: BBC

Putting Quality First – BBC’s new product centred strategy

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Erik Huggers explaining BBC's new 'product' centred strategy: It's a self-contained entity within BBC Online, which unites technology and editorial to meet a clearly defined audience need. Each product has a simple and concise proposition that's easily understood by the … Continue reading →

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BBC News website redesign – comments from editors and designers

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Steve Herrmann, editor of the BBC News website: What’s new: • a fresh, updated design, with more space for the main stories of the day • better use of video and images • clearer and more prominent labelling and signposting … Continue reading →

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BBC News website redesign

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Steve Herrmann: And we've done something which will be less obvious to you, but hugely important to the journalists working on the site. We've completely rebuilt the content production system (CPS) which we use to create content and run the … Continue reading →

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The Twitter World Cup

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

James Pearce: I was initially cautious. As a broadcaster who is used to rabbiting on for ages, I was always going to find it difficult to condense my thoughts into 140 characters. But my appreciation for what Twitter can provide … Continue reading →

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BBC faces criticism in strategy review responses

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

How the VLV, Bectu, Pact, the IWA, BSkyB and Sound Start react to Mark Thompson's plan to redirect corporation funds External link

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BBC Trust On-demand Syndication Consultation

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Nick Reynolds highlights and links to: The BBC Trust published the conclusions of its review of the BBC's on-demand services, including the BBC iPlayer. The BBC Trust also began a consultation about the BBC Executive's proposed approach to on demand … Continue reading →

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BBC iPlayer press pack for April 2010

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Paul Murphy pointing out highlights: – April 2010 was the best performing month for BBC iPlayer with 123 million request for BBC TV and Radio programmes, up from 118 million in March 2010 – Online requests also hit an all … Continue reading →

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Round up, Thursday 27 May 2010: iPlayer Beta

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Round up of iPlayer beta coverage, by Paul Murphy. External link

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BBC iPlayer on the iPad

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Morten Eidal: We decided that the best route to implement our video and audio player was playback using the html5 video tag. This allows us to integrate the native player into our site, where we serve two H.264 flavours, one … Continue reading →

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BBC – The Editors: The election and the younger audience

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Rod McKenzie: A staggering eight out of 10 16-to-34-year-olds watched, listened or read BBC election news during the campaign. [...] 2.7 million 18-to-34-year-olds watched the third debate on the BBC and, anecdotally, we heard the format was appealing to younger … Continue reading →

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